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My grandson just got back from serving as a church missionary in North Carolina for two years. That kept him away from one his favorite activities, target shooting. So yesterday, we headed for the range and were having a ball, banging away at a small silhouette target at 25 yards with handguns. He opined that he was going to do a head shot with my trusty Savage bolt action 30-30 (cast bullets). So I started kidding him, saying that anybody could do a head shot with a rifle at that distance. So I suggested that he try for the little silhouette icon in the upper left of the target. And he did. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/medium/114990.jpg) The kid's got skills, I'll say that.
Be not weary in well doing.
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Yep, that's when you stop and take a photo of the target. Great times with your grandson!
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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Good stuff, Denton. Can he swim? SEALs called yet? 😁
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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Somebody taught the kid how to shoot! Good job.
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I wouldn’t bet any money against him 😮
NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Iron sights?
Savage bolt .30-30?
I think all of us wax nostalgic for the working man’s guns of a bygone era (except possibly them Marlin ?? bolt-action shotguns with the big ol’ corncob adjustable chokes 🙂). That Savage .30-30 just speaks volumes about a bygone era 😎
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Iron sights?
Savage bolt .30-30? Yep. Technically iron sights---Williams peep. We had so dang much fun that afternoon. 9mm, 357, and GC cast lead 170 grain 30-30 loads.
Be not weary in well doing.
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Remind me not to get on the young bugger's bad side. 
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
LOL
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LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Now and then the "perfect shot" happens. Enjoy it when it does... 
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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